Top-box fastener for wagons.



PATENTED FEB. 28, 1905.

J. DAUBER. TOP BOX FASTENER FOR WAGON S.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 5, 1904,

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7 f H 1 m 1 A m 2 w wilme oaao 1 Joseph Dauber JOSEPH DAUBER, OF LAFAYETITTIE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR Tl.) THE INDIANA l/VAGON COMPANY, OF LAFAYE'lTTlE, INDIANA, A (JORPORAlTlON OF fl NDlANA.

Patented February 2113, 19015.

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Twi -"BOX FASnTENEFl F'OFl WAC-3 19M?- SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 783,623, dated February 28, 1905.

Application filed No e b 5, 1904. Serial No. 231,487.

Be it known that l, .105; um DAUBER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lafayette, in the county of .ippecanoe and State of ilndiana, have invented certain new and useful 1 mprovements in Top-Box Fasteners for \Vagons, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to produce a neat and effective device by means ,of which an extension-box may be easily and quickly adjusted to thelower or main box-body of a wagon.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

lligurel is a side elevation of a wagon-body provided with my improved attachment. Fig. 2 is a side elevatioi'i of the attachment full size, and liig. is a vertical section of the parts shown in Fig. 1.

In the drawings, indicates the lower and usual box-body, and 11 the usual extensionbox. Secured to box 11 at convenient points a plate or bar 12, to the lower end. of which is pivoted a lever 13. Lever 13 is provided with a linger 14-, which lies parallel with the main body of the lever and extends to one side of the pivot thereof, thus providing the lOVOLWltl] a bifurcated end. The pivot 25 is preferably formed integral with the body of the lever and secured to the plate 12 by riveting, as shown in Fig. 3. Lever 13, to one side of thepivot 1;), perforated at 15, and the linger 1 1- is correspondingly perforated at 16, the two perforations being in alinement and adapted to receive the trunnions .17 of a bar 18, provided through its main body with a tapered perforation 19, the axis of which is substantially at right angles to the axis, of the trunnions 1'7. Passing loosely through perforation 19 is a fi'tstening-rod 20, which is threaded at its upper end and pro vided. with a nut 21, adapted to engage the upper side of bar 18. By this means the effective length of rod 20 may be quickly adjust ed so that the parts may be brought together with suliicien t tightness. Rod 20 is provided at its lower end with an inturned linger 21, adapted to enter an opening 22, formed in a plate 23, secured to the wagon-body 10 in alinement with the plate 12.

The free end of lever 13 provided at its outer end with a linger-piece 2%, by means of which it may be easily swung, and at an intermediate point is provided with a finger 25, which when the parts are in the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2 overlies the rod 20 and prevents any possibility of dis 'ilaee ment of the linger 21 thereof from the slot 22 of plate 23. The lever 13 is preferably a casting of n'lalleable metal, and in its initial condition the linger 114: diverges from the main body of the lever a distanceeuual to or slightly greater than the combined length of the two trunnions 17. The holes 15 and 16 are formed initially in the casting, and the perforation 19 is also formed in the casting .18, so that the parts may be assembled without machinework of any kind, the cross-bars beingintroduced between the main body'of the lever 13 and the linger 14 with the trnnnions 17 in alinement with the perforations 1.5 and It), and the linger l l then bent into parallelism with the main body of the lever.

In operation the extension'box 11 is placed in position upon the lower or main box 10 and the linger 21 of rod introduced into the perforation 22 of plate 23-), the parts being in the position shown in dotted lines in l ig. 2. l.hereupon the operator swings lever 13 into the position shown in full lines in Fig. 2, thus drawing the plate 12 toward the plate 23 and bringing the body 11 down tightly upon the body 10. \Vhen in this position, the axis of rod 20 passes through the plane of the axis of 13'. or slightly between said axis and the arm 13, so that there no danger of displacement of the parts by an accidental swinging of lever 13. The linger 25 prevents any possibility of a rod 20 being jolted transversely so as to withdraw linger 21. from plate 23.

1 claim as my invention 1 1. A 't'astening device consisting of a pivoted lever, having a bifurcated end, a cross-bar pivotally supported between the arms of said bifurcated end and having a transverse perforation, a fastening rod passing freely through said perforation and provided with a retaining-head atone end and a fastening device at the other, and a linger carried by the lever and adapted to overhang the fastening rod in one position of the lever.

- 2. The con1bination,with the main box-body of a wagon, of an extension-box therefor, a fastening-lever pivoted to one of said body parts to swing in. the plane substantially par alleled therewith,and a fastening-rod swiveled to one end of said lever and provided at its free end with an engaging device adapted to engage a portion carried by the other of said body parts.

3. The combination, with the main box-body of a wagon, of an extension-box therefor, a fastening-lever pivoted to one of said parts, a fastening-rod swiveled to one end thereof and provided at its free end with an engaging device adapted to engage a portion carried by the other of said body parts, and a finger carried by thelever and adapted to overhang the fastening-rod when in one position to prevent lateral displacement thereof.

4. The combination, with a main box-body of a wagon, and an extension-box therefor, of a plate secured to one of said body parts, a lever pivoted to said plate and provided with a bifurcated end, a cross-bar pivotally mounted between the arms of said bifurcated ends and provided with a transverse perforation, a fastening-rod passing freely through said transverse perforation and provided at one end with a retaining-l'iead and at the other end with an engaging device, and a cooperating engaging device carried by the other body part.

5. The combination, with a main box-body of a wagon, and an extension-box therefor, of

a plate secured to one of said body parts, a lever pivoted to said plate and provided with a bifurcated end, a cross-bar pivotallymounted between the arms of said bifurcated end and provided with a transverse perforation, a fastening-rod passing freely through said transverse perforation and provided at one end with a retaining-head and at the other end with an engaging device, acooperating engaging device carried by the other body part, and a linger carried by the lever andarranged to overhang said fastening-rod in one position to prevent lateral displacement thereof.

6. A fastening device consisting of a pivoted lever, having a bifurcated end, a cross-bar pivotally supported between the arms of said bifurcated end and having a transverse perforation, a fasteningrod passing freely through said perforation and provided with a retaining-head at one end and an engaging device at the other end, and means for adjusting the effective length of said fastening-rod.

7. A fastening device consisting of a pivoted lever, having a bifurcated end, a cross-bar pivotally supported between the arms of said bifurcated end and having a transverse perforation, a fasteningrod passing freely through said perforation and provided at one end with a longitudinally-adjustable retaining-head adapted to engage the cross-bar and at the other end provided with an engaging device.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Lafayette, Indiana, this 12th day of October, A. D. 1904. 

